Acrobasis suavella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Acrobasis |
Species: | A. suavella
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Binomial name | |
Acrobasis suavella | |
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Acrobasis suavella, the thicket knot-horn, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818 and is found in Europe.
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The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The moth flies in one generation from June to September.[1]
The caterpillars preferably feed on blackthorn.
Notes
[edit]- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
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